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    Quick question: How do you make the detonation chord for canopies?

    in Modelling Tips

    Posted

    On 4/15/2024 at 3:10 PM, Alex Gordon said:

    I would think a length of thin wire and a drop of Klear would sort it out.

     

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    Alex I like the fuse wire idea. But do you think I should put the fuse  wire inside the canopy or outside on the top of the canopy?

     

    It just occurred to me to ask the question mainly as my only point of reference would be the Hawk detonation chord which is almost embossed into the canopy. 

    Just trying to think what would look better.

     

    Regards

     

    Liam

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    Quick question: How do you make the detonation chord for canopies?

    in Modelling Tips

    Posted

    15 04 2024

    Hi Everyone.

    I recently bought the HobbyBoss 1/48 Brazilian EMB-314 Super Tucano kit and promptly sanded and polished out the 'seam' along the centre of the canopy not realising until too late that this was not, indeed, a seam but was meant to represent the detonation chord for the canopy in case of ejection 🫢.

     

    My question is how can I scratch-build the said detonation chord? Milliput? Plastic strip? is it even possible??

    Failing that, is there an aftermarket canopy available out there?

     

    Regards

     

    Liam

    Looking for help on Russian P-40's

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Troy Smith said:

    still, nothing a sharp pair of scissors won't sort but really pretty shoddy.....  sorry for the rambling @yeehah1  but the trail maybe of use for you and others.   the ava.org.ru site is packed with great photos, as long as you know what unit you are looking for!!!! 

    Searching it otherwise can be tricky, but new pics keep being posted and so much more solid information on VVS unit markings is being pinned down as a result.

    15 11 2021

    @Troy Smith thank you for such a complete response.  The 20 GIAP (147 IAP) Air Force KA - aircraft and emblems (ava.org.ru)  is amazing. I love the Hurricanes depicted here. 

    Would I be right in thinking that the photo and profile of White 51 are two different P-40's? 

     

    Thanks again for your help 👍 😊

     

    Liam

    Looking for help on Russian P-40's

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    15 11 2021

    Afternoon people

    I have Wolfpack's P-40 Warhawk part 2 / Lend Lease Warhawk/Tomahawk in VVS sheet ... WD48016. I am planning to make White 51 / Tomahawk Mk. IIB, 14th Army AF. I'm trying to find a little more information on it or maybe some photos but having trouble locating such. I did find The P-40 in Soviet Aviation – Lend-Lease  website but it doesn't hold any information on this aircraft.

     

    I'm just wondering if there are any books or sites that might have some info.

     

    Also...I tried to post the website address as a link but it didn't paste in as such. Is it not allowed to post links in topics? (just wondering . I haven't been on this site for a while)

     

    Thanks in advance

     

    Liam

    Can you use the F-86D wings on the Airfix F4 for a slatted Sabre?

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Can you use the F-86D wings on the Airfix F4 for a slatted Sabre?

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    23 05 2021

    Hi Guys.

    @Junchan Hi and thanks for your advice. I knew about the difference in the sweep angle and I've read an article elsewhere (maybe on this forum somewhere) that reckons the sweep difference is around 3 degrees give or take. But I would also agree with that article that given the scale of things it's not going to make a hell of a lot of difference to the build on the grand scheme of things. 

    Again, I'll adapt Mr. Clark's method of cutting the wings off the centre section of the Airfix kit, using the centre section of the underwing/belly of the Airfix kit, then removing the wings from the centre section of the Monogram F-86D and attaching them to the centre section of the Airfix kit. 

     

    I have an old Monogram mk.5 kit that I can put the Airfix wings on to make it look nice if needs be,

     

    Again, thanks for the help all. I was wondering why there didn't seem to be a lot of discussion around the Airfix 1/48 Sabre mk.4. So maybe this thread can address that :)

     

    All the best,

     

    Liam

    Can you use the F-86D wings on the Airfix F4 for a slatted Sabre?

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Sabrejet said:

    I'd replace the wings rather than just the slats. The Revell/Monogram wings are excellent and that kit (the F-86D that is) must be my favourite Sabre kit.

     

    The slats were not screwed shut on 6-3 wings! There were no slats.

    Thank you gentlemen.

    @ Sabrejet I wasn't sure if the wings on the Airfix F4 were the retro-fitted 6-3 or the slatted wings that had the slats screwed shut (wasn't there a version of that?)

    It's so complicated.

    But I can do a slatted mk4 by mating the wings of the Sabre dog to the Airfix kit. 

    I'm happy! I have two of the Airfix kits and I know what I'm going to do with it now :) 

     

    Whoo-hoo

     

    Liam

    Can you use the F-86D wings on the Airfix F4 for a slatted Sabre?

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    22 05 2021

    Hello everyone!

    I read Bill Clark's article in Scale Aircraft Modelling April 2021 issue where he converted Academy's 1/48 Sabre F-86F into a slatted Sabre by mating the wings of a Monogram F-86D it.

    Now, the new 1/48 Airfix Sabre looks like a hard wing Sabre...slats screwed closed?

    If I want to display the slats open (and because I can't get the Academy kit) could I adapt Bill's method and mate the F-86D wings to the Airfix F4?

    If I CAN do that for then what can I use the now ex-Airfix F4 wings?

     

    Or would it be easier just to take the slatted section off the F-86D wing and use it to replace the same section on the Airix kit?

     

    Cheers in advance

     

    Liam

    Need help making canopy transparencies please

    in Science Fiction Discussion

    Posted

    05 01 2021

    Hey all. I just received my 1/48 Buck Rogers Thunderfighter resin model made by Alain Rivard Model Shop (he's on Facebook).

     

    It's a good looking model but there's no transparencies for the canopy nor is there even templates to cut clear plastic ( or whatever) to the correct shape and install these.

     

    Would anyone be able to advise me what the best material would be good to use to make the cockpit transparencies please and where I might get some from?

     

    Thanks in advance

     

    Liam

    Sabre question please

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    On 11/26/2020 at 5:42 PM, Sabrejet said:

    The 'No Jokers' art is owner Jim Woods' personal marking. So yes you could do it as a modern warbird, but you would need custom decals.

    29 11 2020

    Hi Guys. Thanks for your help. Much appreciated :)

     

     

    Liam

    1/48 Typhoon to Tempest using Hobbycraft Fury

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    06 05 2020

    Hi everybody,

    This is a bit of a long shot but I saw or read somewhere here in a different conversation that it was possible to convert a 1/48 Typhoon into a Tempest using a fair amount of the Hobbycraft Fury (same wings I think??).

    I think I saw this on Britmodeller. Can anyone point me in the direction of that topic or to where someone might have attempted it? I'm not sure what mark of Tempest they were trying to make but it sounded interesting.

     

    Thanks in advance

     

    Liam

    Desert P-40F Colour question

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    02 05 2020

    Thank you all for your replies.

    @Buz  I've never seen those photos before. The top one is amazing. Love seeing the tread pattern on the tyres.

    So, it's the American colours then? Dark Earth and Middle Stone on top but should I use the Neutral Gray or Azure Blue then? I understand that there's a blue filter on the top photo but would a blue filter change the tone of Neutral Gray to make it look so blue?

     

    Liam

    Desert P-40F Colour question

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    30 04 2020

    'Morning campers!

    I'm currently building the AMT/Ertl 1/48 P-40F Warhawk.

    I plan to use a combination of Aeromaster Decals 48-219 and Superscale 48-844 to make White 10 'Sweet Stuff' of 69th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group, 9th AirForce Western Desert 1943.

     

    So, my query revolves around the actual colours to use … I know - a potential Pandora's box. Both Aeromaster and Superscale advise that the colours to use are Dark Earth and Sand on top and Azure blue underneath. So far so good. 

    However, on the reverse side of the colour call-out page there's a Colour note that references the US Desert Camouflage p-40's. It states that the aircraft on the sheet did not wear the standard RAF Desert camouflage scheme of Mid-stone ( I assume this is Sand), Dark Earth and Azure blue but instead wore US Sand (616) and Dark Earth (30118) on top and US Neutral Gray (ANA 43) which "photographs much like Azure blue." They also state that "this is our opinion" and that they have no way to confirm or deny this.

     

    I would think that given that the aircraft were made in USA, painted in USA for USA squadrons in the Desert that I should therefore use the American colour call-outs. 

     

    The colour 'tones' are very different so what do y'all think? American or British?

     

    Thanks in advance

     

    Liam

    p-40F Sweet Stuff decal question

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Mark Joyce said:

    Hi Liam,

     

    Superscale has the name you're looking for, although a different hubcap design, on sheet 48-844:

     

    http://www.modelingmadness.com/scott/decals/super/ss48844.htm

     

    Just so you know, we're looking at two different airframes coded "10."    4596 is a P-40F-10CU whereas the other, if we're reading the serial number correctly, is a P-40F-20CU.  Subtle differences in the two specifically the windscreen.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Mark

    Thanks Mark.

    That link is not opening for me though. So it's two different aircraft?

     

    Liam

    p-40F Sweet Stuff decal question

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    23 03 2020

    Hi Everyone

    I have a question regarding the Aeromaster sheet for this plane.

    I'm using Aero Master Decals sheet Desert Hawks part II 48-219 to make White 10 - 4596. 

    So far, so good.

     

    However, I have Histoire and Collections Curtiss P-40 Planes and Pilots from 1939 to 1945 and on page 36 there's a profile of White 10 and it has 'Sweet Stuff' written above the exhaust stack and the number '4' in the serial number is covered by the fin flag.

     

    Soooo, the title 'Sweet Stuff' is not included on the decal sheet. 

    Pictures can be seen here:

    http://raf-112-squadron.org/57th_fg.html

     

    And again, differences....red coloured surround on the Stars and Bars for example and also look at the hub covers here:

    https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=56514.0 (scroll down a bit)

     

    So the question is, if I want to make 'Sweet Stuff' as in the sas1946 web-site photos with title and hub cover markings, is there a sheet that does these markings in 1/48??

     

    Thanks in advance

     

    Liam

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